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Syria crisis: Aid arrives in besieged towns - BBC News Wed, 17 Feb 2016 21:02:16 GMT

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Syria crisis: Aid arrives in besieged towns BBC News Convoys carrying urgently-needed aid have reached four besieged areas of Syria, the UN and aid agencies said. Trucks reached rebel-held Muadhamiya and Madaya, near Damascus, and pro-government northern villages of Foah and Kefraya on ... Russia dismisses new call for a Syria no-fly zoneCBS News Aid convoys head to besieged Syrian towns in early testCNN Germany Revives Calls for No-Fly Zone in Northern SyriaNew York Times ABC Online -Reuters all 1,107 news articles »

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Advanced Russian spy plane now in Syria - CNN Wed, 17 Feb 2016 20:22:00 GMT

CNN

Advanced Russian spy plane now in Syria CNN Washington (CNN) For the first time, Russia has deployed to Syria what the U.S. believes is one of its most advanced reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft. The aircraft, known as the TU-214R, arrived at the Syrian airbase in Latakia in the last ... and more »

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Turkey ups the ante in Syria - Al-Monitor Thu, 18 Feb 2016 01:50:12 GMT

Al-Monitor

Turkey ups the ante in Syria Al-Monitor Turkey has raised the stakes in Syria by unleashing a campaign of heavy cross-border shelling against Russian-supported fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) that Ankara insists will continue despite international calls to desist. Ankara ... Turkey wants 'secure line' created 10km within Syria, including Azaz - deputy PMRT Hundreds of armed rebels cross from Turkey into Syria, says monitorThe Guardian Kurds' advance in Syria divides US and Turkey as Russia bombsReuters CNN -Vox -Bloomberg all 7,689 news articles »

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Syria: In Aleppo, one man's story of fear, defiance and survival - CNN Mon, 15 Feb 2016 10:42:50 GMT

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Syria: In Aleppo, one man's story of fear, defiance and survival CNN Masri is a 25-year-old photographer in Aleppo who documents the fatalism, fear and sometimes the defiance of tens of thousands of civilians who remain in rebel-held areas of the city now almost encircled by Syrian government forces and their allies. and more »

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US-backed rebel groups in Syria reportedly fighting each other - CBS News Thu, 18 Feb 2016 00:11:35 GMT

CBS News

US-backed rebel groups in Syria reportedly fighting each other CBS News The prospects for a truce in Syria are dimming by the day as Russian warplanes keep up their brutal bombing in support of the Assad dictatorship. In a video that surfaced online, a little boy waved his hand from beneath the rubble of a shattered ... The Battle for Aleppo Shows That US Strategy in Syria Is in TattersVICE News British policy against Isis in Syria is like 'dog returning to its own vomit', says former British ambassadorThe Independent Syrian army on the ISIS frontline: 'Russian intervention a blessing'CNN Sputnik International -Daily Caller -Reuters all 91 news articles »

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UN Chief Warns Military Action Risks Derailing Syria Talks - ABC News Thu, 18 Feb 2016 03:54:00 GMT

UN Chief Warns Military Action Risks Derailing Syria Talks ABC News Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Wednesday that escalating military activity in Syria and threats of further use of force risk derailing efforts to reconvene peace talks and finding a political solution to the five-year-old war. Ban delivered the ... and more »

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Assad casts doubt on Syria ceasefire prospects amid intensifying campaign - CNN Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:58:56 GMT

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Assad casts doubt on Syria ceasefire prospects amid intensifying campaign CNN (CNN) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has cast doubt on the prospects of a proposed ceasefire in his country's grinding civil war. He told a group in Damascus on Monday that "no one" was capable of bringing about the necessary circumstances for a ... Syria's Assad says proposed ceasefire 'difficult'Yahoo News Merkel calls for 'no-fly zone' in SyriaRT all 263 news articles »

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Military moves: Turkey and Saudi Arabia close ranks on Syria - Al-Arabiya Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:18:02 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Military moves: Turkey and Saudi Arabia close ranks on Syria Al-Arabiya Ozgur Unluhisarcikli, director of the Ankara office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, says a Turkish land operation in Syria - with or without Saudi support - would lack political and military grounds, even if could be justified by ... Tension Escalation: 'Turkish and Saudi Boots in Syria May Trigger WW3'Sputnik International Iran's Jafari: Saudi dares not attack SyriaPress TV Saudi Troops to Syria? Whoa. Bad Idea!Daily Beast Vocativ -Military Times -The National Interest Online all 1,817 news articles »

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The Russian Connection Between Syria and Ukraine - The National Interest Online Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:25:53 GMT

The National Interest Online

The Russian Connection Between Syria and Ukraine The National Interest Online For the last fifty-two years, leaders from around the world have gathered in Munich for an annual review of world security problems. This year's discussion focused on the civil war in Syria. Not only is Syria a political and humanitarian crisis in the ... Syria conflict: Value of Munich meeting hangs in the balanceBBC News all 97 news articles »

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Report: Israel Strikes Syrian Army Outposts Near Damascus - Haaretz Wed, 17 Feb 2016 21:38:33 GMT

Haaretz

Report: Israel Strikes Syrian Army Outposts Near Damascus Haaretz Israel on Wednesday evening struck military outposts in Syria near the capital Damascus, the Syrian observatory for human rights reported, according to Reuters. The report said that Syrian army outposts south of Damascus were hit by three Israeli rockets. Report: Israel attacks military outposts in SyriaArutz Sheva Israeli missile attack reported Syrian army outposts on the Damascus-Daraa roadDEBKA file Report: Israeli missiles hit Syrian army outpost near DamascusThe Times of Israel Jerusalem Post Israel News -Deutsche Welle all 20 news articles »